Addlery on target twice
Published: Wednesday | September 30, 2009
Jamaica international Nicholas Addlery struck goals late in each half and helped propel Puerto Rico Islanders to a crucial 4-1 win over Rochester Rhinos in their United Soccer Leagues (USL) second-leg play-off match on Sunday.
The result rallied PR Islanders from a first-leg defeat to the huge victory for the home fans at Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium that gave them a 5-3 aggregate triumph.
Coming to Puerto Rico with a 2-1 lead from the first leg in Rochester last Thursday, the Rhinos were stung by an early red card for the Trinidad and Tobago defender Brent Sancho and the PR Islanders got the result they needed with double strikes by Addlery and Haitian Fabrice Noel.
Noel scored as early as the 12th minute to tie the aggregate score at 2-2 and Rochester suffered a detrimental setback in the 29th minute when Sancho was ejected for receiving his second yellow card.